Article with tensioning system including tension balancing member

An article of footwear including a tensioning device, the article of footwear comprising:

• an upper defining an interior void for receiving insertion of a foot of a user,
• a sole structure coupled with the upper, the sole structure having a top surface facing toward the upper and an opposing bottom surface facing away from the upper;
• a tensioning device disposed within the sole structure;
• and
• two or more tension members independently extending from the tensioning device, each tension member engaging a portion of the upper, and operable in a tightened state to move the upper from a relaxed state to a constricted state reducing a volume of the interior void, the tensioning device operable in a locked state to maintain the two or more tension members in the tightened state;
• wherein the tensioning device includes a spool rotatably disposed within an outer casing, wherein the tension device is configured to wind the tension members onto the spool, wherein winding a first of the two or more tensioning members onto the spool comprises shortening a length of the first of the two or more tensioning members that extends from the spool and increases a length of the first of the two or more tensioning members that is retained on the spool;
• wherein one or more of the two or more tension members extend to an exterior surface of the upper;
• and
• wherein each of the two or more tensioning members, after exiting the tensioning device, extends only from one of the medial or lateral side of the upper over to the other of the medial or lateral side of the upper.